Edmond v. Granger

EDWARDS, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court's dismissal of their action on an exception of res judicata. We reverse and remand.

Ronald Hairford and Christine Edmond were involved in an accident while guest passengers in a car owned and driven by Dennis Granger. Prior to the accident, Granger had leased the car to Ronald Hair-ford. Consequently at the time of the accident the car was covered by two liability insurance policies: one issued by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company to Dennis Granger, and another, issued by Allstate Insurance Company to Ronald Hairford.

On March…